\Header{apropos}{Find Objects by (Partial) Name}
\alias{find}{apropos}
\keyword{data}{apropos}
\keyword{documentation}{apropos}
\keyword{environment}{apropos}
\begin{Description}\relax
\code{apropos} returns a character vector giving the names of
all objects in the search list matching \code{what}.

\code{find} is a different user interface to the same task as \code{apropos}.\end{Description}
\begin{Usage}
\begin{verbatim}
apropos(what, where = FALSE, mode = "any")

find(what, mode = "any", numeric. = FALSE, simple.words = TRUE)
\end{verbatim}
\end{Usage}
\begin{Arguments}
\begin{ldescription}
\item[\code{what}] name of an object, or regular expression to match against
\item[\code{where, numeric.}] a logical indicating whether positions in the
search list should also be returned
\item[\code{mode}] character; if not \code{"any"}, only objects who's
\code{\Link{mode}} equals \code{mode} are searched.
\item[\code{simple.words}] logical; if \code{TRUE}, the \code{what} argument is
only searched as whole only word.
\end{ldescription}
\end{Arguments}
\begin{Details}\relax
If \code{mode != "any"} only those objects which are of mode \code{mode}
are considered.
If \code{where} is \code{TRUE}, the positions in the search list are
returned as the names attribute.

\code{find} is a different user interface for the same task as \code{apropos}.
However, by default (\code{simple.words == TRUE}), only full words are
searched.\end{Details}
\begin{Author}\relax
Kurt Hornik and Martin Maechler (May 1997).\end{Author}
\begin{SeeAlso}\relax
\code{\Link{objects}} for listing objects from one place,
\code{\Link{help.search}} for searching the help system,
\code{\Link{search}} for the search path.\end{SeeAlso}
\begin{Examples}
\begin{ExampleCode}
## Don't run: apropos("lm")
apropos(ls)
apropos("lq")

lm <- 1:pi
find(lm)        #> ".GlobalEnv"   "package:base"
find(lm, num=TRUE) # numbers with these names
find(lm, num=TRUE, mode="function")# only the second one
rm(lm)

## Don't run: apropos(".", mode="list") # a long list

# need a DOUBLE backslash '\\' (in case you don't see it anymore)
apropos("\\[")

## Don't run: # everything 
length(apropos("."))

# those starting with 'pr'
apropos("^pr")

# the 1-letter things
apropos("^.$")
# the 1-2-letter things
apropos("^..?$")
# the 2-to-4 letter things
apropos("^.{2,4}$")

# the 8-and-more letter things
apropos("^.{8,}$")
table(nchar(apropos("^.{8,}$")))
## End Don't run\end{ExampleCode}
\end{Examples}

